Golf has the longest season in collegiate athletics when you consider the fall and spring season count towards a team’s official record. A lot can happen during that offseason for a college golf team, which is why looking at how a team is playing in the spring versus the fall could be an important factor on how a team may play in the postseason.
Below we’ve compiled how all NCAA Division I teams performed in the fall season vs. the spring using the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Some teams saw incredible rises while others fell off greatly. Without further ado, here’s a look at what we’re talking about.
| TEAM | FALL | SPRING | MOVEMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 156 | 77 | +79 |
| Northern Illinois | 200 | 128 | +72 |
| Radford | 220 | 149 | +71 |
| Pacific | 206 | 139 | +67 |
| Connecticut | 168 | 103 | +65 |
| Army | 193 | 129 | +64 |
| Elon | 194 | 132 | +62 |
| Santa Clara | 155 | 93 | +62 |
| Long Beach State | 161 | 102 | +59 |
| Austin Peay | 259 | 203 | +56 |
| Pepperdine | 71 | 16 | +55 |
| Georgia Southern | 96 | 44 | +52 |
| Longwood | 202 | 151 | +51 |
| Harvard | 149 | 100 | +49 |
| Drexel | 241 | 193 | +48 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 99 | 52 | +47 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 171 | 125 | +46 |
| Western Illinois | 261 | 215 | +46 |
| Texas State | 201 | 156 | +45 |
| Cal State Northridge | 180 | 136 | +44 |
| Little Rock | 131 | 87 | +44 |
| Lipscomb | 62 | 20 | +42 |
| Fordham | 268 | 227 | +41 |
| Rutgers | 203 | 162 | +41 |
| Georgetown | 188 | 148 | +40 |
| Appalachian State | 215 | 176 | +39 |
| Grand Canyon | 114 | 75 | +39 |
| South Florida | 75 | 36 | +39 |
| Texas-San Antonio | 120 | 81 | +39 |
| Western Carolina | 166 | 127 | +39 |
| Loyola Marymount | 151 | 113 | +38 |
| California | 100 | 64 | +36 |
| Davidson | 233 | 197 | +36 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 189 | 153 | +36 |
| SE Louisiana | 154 | 118 | +36 |
| East Tennessee State | 125 | 90 | +35 |
| Cal Poly | 106 | 72 | +34 |
| Arizona | 86 | 54 | +32 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 222 | 190 | +32 |
| Boise State | 144 | 112 | +32 |
| Utah | 130 | 98 | +32 |
| Dartmouth | 235 | 204 | +31 |
| Arkansas State | 112 | 83 | +29 |
| Chattanooga | 117 | 88 | +29 |
| Hawaii | 236 | 207 | +29 |
| UC Irvine | 141 | 114 | +27 |
| Washington | 49 | 22 | +27 |
| North Carolina State | 51 | 25 | +26 |
| Oregon | 28 | 2 | +26 |
| Saint Peter’s | 289 | 263 | +26 |
| Wichita State | 123 | 97 | +26 |
| Iowa | 73 | 48 | +25 |
| Utah Valley | 195 | 170 | +25 |
| Butler | 218 | 194 | +24 |
| Lehigh | 265 | 241 | +24 |
| George Washington | 228 | 206 | +22 |
| Miami (Ohio) | 176 | 154 | +22 |
| La Salle | 267 | 248 | +19 |
| Oral Roberts | 198 | 179 | +19 |
| San Jose State | 178 | 159 | +19 |
| Georgia State | 84 | 66 | +18 |
| Alcorn State | 283 | 266 | +17 |
| Furman | 184 | 167 | +17 |
| Kent State | 26 | 9 | +17 |
| Louisville | 93 | 76 | +17 |
| Wisconsin | 133 | 116 | +17 |
| Campbell | 76 | 60 | +16 |
| Marshall | 179 | 163 | +16 |
| Seton Hall | 142 | 126 | +16 |
| St. Francis (Pa.) | 285 | 269 | +16 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 137 | 121 | +16 |
| Alabama | 45 | 30 | +15 |
| Murray State | 248 | 235 | +13 |
| Ball State | 135 | 123 | +12 |
| Clemson | 22 | 10 | +12 |
| Detroit | 252 | 240 | +12 |
| Missouri | 36 | 24 | +12 |
| Morehead State | 258 | 246 | +12 |
| Northwestern | 38 | 26 | +12 |
| Arizona State | 30 | 19 | +11 |
| Binghamton | 264 | 253 | +11 |
| Kansas State | 116 | 105 | +11 |
| Yale | 158 | 147 | +11 |
| Brown | 275 | 265 | +10 |
| North Dakota State | 199 | 189 | +10 |
| Denver | 129 | 120 | +9 |
| Lafayette | 271 | 262 | +9 |
| New Mexico | 46 | 37 | +9 |
| UCF | 56 | 47 | +9 |
| Bryant | 216 | 208 | +8 |
| Long Island | 279 | 271 | +8 |
| SMU | 81 | 73 | +8 |
| TCU | 66 | 58 | +8 |
| Evansville | 246 | 239 | +7 |
| Rider | 284 | 277 | +7 |
| Washington State | 89 | 82 | +7 |
| Florida Atlantic | 230 | 224 | +6 |
| Richmond | 102 | 96 | +6 |
| South Carolina | 39 | 33 | +6 |
| Texas A&M | 23 | 17 | +6 |
| North Carolina-Greensboro | 92 | 86 | +6 |
| William and Mary | 190 | 184 | +6 |
| Baylor | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Iowa State | 50 | 45 | +5 |
| Jacksonville | 44 | 39 | +5 |
| North Carolina Central | 288 | 283 | +5 |
| Saint Joseph’s | 257 | 252 | +5 |
| USC | 6 | 1 | +5 |
| Alabama State | 272 | 268 | +4 |
| Bowling Green | 145 | 141 | +4 |
| Florida A&M | 292 | 288 | +4 |
| Manhattan | 278 | 274 | +4 |
| New Mexico State | 162 | 158 | +4 |
| Sacramento State | 111 | 107 | +4 |
| Southern Mississippi | 128 | 124 | +4 |
| Wright State | 224 | 220 | +4 |
| High Point | 221 | 218 | +3 |
| Holy Cross | 294 | 291 | +3 |
| IUPUI | 232 | 229 | +3 |
| Oregon State | 77 | 74 | +3 |
| UNLV | 21 | 18 | +3 |
| Arkansas | 31 | 29 | +2 |
| Chicago State | 299 | 297 | +2 |
| Georgia Tech | 25 | 23 | +2 |
| Monmouth | 281 | 279 | +2 |
| Oklahoma State | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| South Alabama | 87 | 85 | +2 |
| Troy | 65 | 63 | +2 |
| Kansas | 33 | 32 | +1 |
| Marquette | 110 | 109 | +1 |
| Prairie View A&M | 296 | 295 | +1 |
| Purdue | 35 | 34 | +1 |
| St. Francis (N.Y.) | 297 | 296 | +1 |
| Texas Tech | 15 | 14 | +1 |
| USC Upstate | 238 | 237 | +1 |
| Fairfield | 276 | 276 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| LSU | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 223 | 223 | 0 |
| Stanford | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Augusta | 52 | 53 | -1 |
| Florida State | 27 | 28 | -1 |
| Jackson State | 298 | 299 | -1 |
| Sacred Heart | 269 | 270 | -1 |
| Texas | 12 | 13 | -1 |
| Texas Southern | 286 | 287 | -1 |
| Towson | 225 | 226 | -1 |
| UC Riverside | 213 | 214 | -1 |
| Wake Forest | 11 | 12 | -1 |
| Canisius | 290 | 292 | -2 |
| Hampton | 291 | 293 | -2 |
| Iona | 280 | 282 | -2 |
| Niagara | 287 | 289 | -2 |
| Ohio State | 57 | 59 | -2 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 15 | -2 |
| Penn State | 53 | 55 | -2 |
| San Francisco | 97 | 99 | -2 |
| Tennessee Tech | 247 | 249 | -2 |
| Houston | 58 | 61 | -3 |
| Middle Tennessee State | 54 | 57 | -3 |
| North Texas | 59 | 62 | -3 |
| Savannah State | 282 | 285 | -3 |
| Southern Illinois-Edwardsville | 192 | 195 | -3 |
| St. John’s | 240 | 243 | -3 |
| Tennessee State | 277 | 280 | -3 |
| Xavier | 256 | 259 | -3 |
| Columbia | 205 | 209 | -4 |
| Duke | 17 | 21 | -4 |
| Florida | 3 | 7 | -4 |
| Navy | 253 | 257 | -4 |
| Nevada | 88 | 92 | -4 |
| North Florida | 34 | 38 | -4 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 293 | 298 | -5 |
| Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| BYU | 43 | 49 | -6 |
| DePaul | 163 | 169 | -6 |
| Mississippi State | 63 | 69 | -6 |
| Nebraska | 136 | 142 | -6 |
| UC Davis | 98 | 104 | -6 |
| Utah State | 138 | 144 | -6 |
| Texas Rio-Grande Valley | 211 | 217 | -6 |
| Central Connecticut | 274 | 281 | -7 |
| Cleveland State | 148 | 155 | -7 |
| Drake | 214 | 221 | -7 |
| Hartford | 249 | 256 | -7 |
| Louisiana Tech | 157 | 164 | -7 |
| Nicholls State | 226 | 233 | -7 |
| San Diego | 174 | 181 | -7 |
| St. Bonaventure | 244 | 251 | -7 |
| Tennessee | 64 | 71 | -7 |
| Bucknell | 250 | 258 | -8 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 270 | 278 | -8 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 234 | 242 | -8 |
| Mississippi | 19 | 27 | -8 |
| Valparaiso | 242 | 250 | -8 |
| Colorado State | 61 | 70 | -9 |
| Green Bay | 251 | 260 | -9 |
| Illinois | 2 | 11 | -9 |
| Missouri State | 183 | 192 | -9 |
| New Orleans | 263 | 272 | -9 |
| Southern Illinois | 164 | 173 | -9 |
| UCLA | 37 | 46 | -9 |
| Charlotte | 69 | 79 | -10 |
| Omaha | 237 | 247 | -10 |
| Texas-El Paso | 41 | 51 | -10 |
| Colorado | 24 | 35 | -11 |
| Robert Morris | 227 | 238 | -11 |
| Missouri-Kansas City | 150 | 161 | -11 |
| Abilene Christian | 204 | 216 | -12 |
| Cincinnati | 82 | 95 | -13 |
| Incarnate Word | 231 | 244 | -13 |
| Presbyterian | 219 | 232 | -13 |
| Samford | 217 | 230 | -13 |
| UAB | 78 | 91 | -13 |
| Youngstown State | 260 | 273 | -13 |
| Francis Marion | 208 | 222 | -14 |
| McNeese State | 80 | 94 | -14 |
| Coastal Carolina | 95 | 110 | -15 |
| Ohio | 165 | 180 | -15 |
| Idaho | 229 | 245 | -16 |
| Tennessee-Martin | 175 | 191 | -16 |
| Western Kentucky | 134 | 150 | -16 |
| Eastern Illinois | 273 | 290 | -17 |
| Memphis | 121 | 138 | -17 |
| Virginia Tech | 67 | 84 | -17 |
| Wyoming | 94 | 111 | -17 |
| Belmont | 210 | 228 | -18 |
| Charleston Southern | 139 | 157 | -18 |
| George Mason | 169 | 187 | -18 |
| VCU | 160 | 178 | -18 |
| Cornell | 182 | 201 | -19 |
| Creighton | 245 | 264 | -19 |
| Saint Mary’s (Calif.) | 48 | 67 | -19 |
| Villanova | 212 | 231 | -19 |
| Princeton | 132 | 152 | -20 |
| Air Force | 181 | 202 | -21 |
| Charleston | 47 | 68 | -21 |
| Siena | 254 | 275 | -21 |
| Loyola-Chicago | 262 | 284 | -22 |
| Maryland | 79 | 101 | -22 |
| Mercer | 153 | 175 | -22 |
| Northern Kentucky | 239 | 261 | -22 |
| Southern Utah | 191 | 213 | -22 |
| Virginia | 9 | 31 | -22 |
| James Madison | 55 | 78 | -23 |
| Notre Dame | 85 | 108 | -23 |
| South Dakota State | 177 | 200 | -23 |
| Colgate | 243 | 267 | -24 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 119 | 143 | -24 |
| Sam Houston State | 122 | 146 | -24 |
| Delaware | 186 | 211 | -25 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 43 | -25 |
| Oakland | 173 | 198 | -25 |
| Gardner-Webb | 108 | 134 | -26 |
| Lamar | 104 | 130 | -26 |
| Loyola (Md.) | 159 | 185 | -26 |
| Northern Colorado | 140 | 166 | -26 |
| Old Dominion | 146 | 172 | -26 |
| Georgia | 14 | 41 | -27 |
| Temple | 207 | 234 | -27 |
| North Dakota | 266 | 294 | -28 |
| Northern Iowa | 196 | 225 | -29 |
| North Carolina-Wilmington | 60 | 89 | -29 |
| Kennesaw State | 20 | 50 | -30 |
| Winthrop | 152 | 182 | -30 |
| Hofstra | 255 | 286 | -31 |
| Boston College | 167 | 199 | -32 |
| East Carolina | 74 | 106 | -32 |
| Weber State | 187 | 219 | -32 |
| Auburn | 7 | 40 | -33 |
| Houston Baptist | 172 | 205 | -33 |
| Liberty | 32 | 65 | -33 |
| Fresno State | 103 | 137 | -34 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | 83 | 117 | -34 |
| West Virginia | 105 | 140 | -35 |
| Fort Wayne | 197 | 236 | -39 |
| Michigan | 40 | 80 | -40 |
| San Diego State | 16 | 56 | -40 |
| South Dakota | 170 | 212 | -42 |
| Texas-Arlington | 118 | 160 | -42 |
| Jacksonville State | 72 | 115 | -43 |
| Eastern Michigan | 91 | 135 | -44 |
| Rice | 101 | 145 | -44 |
| Toledo | 143 | 188 | -45 |
| Wagner | 209 | 255 | -46 |
| Illinois State | 127 | 174 | -47 |
| Minnesota | 70 | 119 | -49 |
| Akron | 109 | 165 | -56 |
| Wofford | 124 | 183 | -59 |
| Gonzaga | 147 | 210 | -63 |
| Central Arkansas | 113 | 177 | -64 |
| Dayton | 107 | 171 | -64 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 68 | 133 | -65 |
| Stetson | 185 | 254 | -69 |
| Bradley | 126 | 196 | -70 |
| Rhode Island | 115 | 186 | -71 |
| Indiana | 90 | 168 | -78 |
| Michigan State | 29 | 122 | -93 |
